DOCTOR We were
successful in removing all of the Borg
technology from Captain Janeway, Commander
Tuvok and Lt. Torres.

CHAKOTAY How
are they, Doctor?

DOCTOR Commander
Tuvok and Lt. Torres sustained no other
injuries and should be ready to return to duty
in a few days.

An awkward
beat. His next statement is not going to be greeted with enthusiasm.

DOCTOR (continuing) I have
recommended that all three of them undergo counseling
for post-assimilation trauma. Counselor
Troi, from the Enterprise, has graciously
given us her research data from her experience
with Captain Picard.

DOCTOR I'm
afraid she doesn't have any choice Lieutenant. Perhaps
you could help her understand its importance... because
if she doesn't agree to it, I will not authorize her
to return to duty.

Off his
look...

Paris
is not happy. An awkward beat. Chakotay looks at him, sympathetically,
but says nothing.

KIM What
about the Captain?

SEVEN
OF NINE Although
we were successful in converting the Captain's
bio-functions, she remains in a coma. All
attempts to revive her have proved... unsuccessful.

CHAKOTAY Doctor,
do you have any clue as to why she can't
be revived?

DOCTOR None.
(beat) There is no medical reason. She should be just
fine, but she's not.

Paris
and Kim exchange worried looks.

CHAKOTAY There
has to be a reason and we need to find it...soon.

Chakotay
looks around at everyone in the room.

CHAKOTAY In about
seven days we will be contacted by the
Borg Resistance, (beat) I intend to continue doing
everything in our power to help them in their
fight against the Collective. That means that
we have to get every system on this ship repaired
and running at peak efficiency by then.

KIM (picking
up the momentum) We're
almost done with the repairs in engineering. By tomorrow
we should be ready to re-install enhanced
Borg shielding.

CHAKOTAY Seven,
I want you in engineering, with Ens. Kim, to facilitate
the installation. It will be a couple of days
before B'Elanna will be back on duty and in the
mean time we need all the help we can get.

SEVEN
OF NINE Understood...

NEELIX Commander,
what should we tell the crew about Captain
Janeway? They're very concerned.

CHAKOTAY Well,
Neelix, as morale officer, I am putting you in charge
of making sure the crew knows that the
Captain is going to be 'just fine'...

Chakotay
looks around to everyone again. He is deadly serious. He knows the
importance of the crew believing
that Janeway will recover fully. It is also of personal importance
to him that she recovers.

BORG
QUEEN is standing by a computer CONSOLE. A drone approaches her to
report activating a SCHEMATIC
of a human female- JANEWAY-

14 BORG
COMPUTER CONSOLE (OPTICAL) 14

A TINY
YELLOW LIGHT is flashing in the brain area of the JANEWAY schematic.

15 RESUME
SCENE
15

The Queen
looks up from the console with an evil looking smile.

BORG
QUEEN The
nano-neural transceiver has been activated?

DRONE (collective
voice) Yes.

BORG
QUEEN Excellent.
The cloak is functioning optimally. It's
time we woke our new ally.

CUT TO:

16 INT.
SICKBAY
16

No one
is around but CHAKOTAY and an unconscious JANEWAY. We see Chakotay's
(P.O.V.) She is still lying
on the surgical bed. The Borg technology is gone and she looks very much
human now. He touches her
hand and looks concerned.

CHAKOTAY Kathryn,
can you hear me? We need you to wake
up. (beat) The Doctor says there's nothing wrong
with you and if you really wanted to you
could wake up. (he
lightly touches her face.) You
did it Kathryn, you helped create the Resistance and
now we're going to help them defeat the Borg... just
like you wanted to. You should be a part of this;
(beat) you NEED to be a part of this. (beat) I miss
you Kathryn, (beat) please wake up.

JANEWAY (eyes
still closed.) Then
I guess I don't have a choice do I?

Janeway's
eyes flutter open and she smiles ever so slightly. Her voice is not
strong; even though she is awake
she is far from recovered.

CHAKOTAY Kathryn!

Chakotay
looks toward the Doctor's office.

CHAKOTAY (continuing) Doctor!

Chakotay
looks down at Janeway again and smiles big. He is very relieved.

CHAKOTAY (continuing) You
can hear me? How do you feel?

JANEWAY One
question at a time, Commander...

We see
the Doctor walking toward the bio-bed, TRICORDER in hand. He is pleased
that his patient is finally awake.
After SCANNING her he administers a HYPO-SPRAY, while talking.

DOCTOR Vital
signs are normal. Neural readings are also
registering as normal. How do you feel, Captain?

JANEWAY I've
been better. But it beats being a Borg drone.

Chakotay
smiles again at her.

CHAKOTAY What
do you remember?

JANEWAY Giving
explicit instructions that if anything went wrong,
you were not to attempt a rescue.

CHAKOTAY Well,
Captain, technically we didn't. The Resistance rescued
you, (beat) but I never would have followed that
order anyway.

JANEWAY I'll
keep that in mind for the future, Commander. In the
mean time... (gives
him a meaningful look) thank
you.

CHAKOTAY: You're
welcome. (beat) It's good to have you back.

DOCTOR Captain,
I'd like to keep you in sickbay for another twenty-four
hours, just to make sure everything remains
normal. After that, you may be returned to duty.
(beat) (he
approaches this carefully) I have
recommended that Cmdr. Tuvok and Lt. Torres, undergo
counseling to help them cope with the aftereffects
of your little "away mission", I am recommending
the same for you.

Janeway
looks as though she might argue, but then she relents.

JANEWAY You'll
get no argument from me, Doctor.

DOCTOR Good.
I assure you, I did not receive the same response
from Lt. Torres.

JANEWAY (to
Doctor) How
are the others doing?

CHAKOTAY They've
been released from sickbay and are already
working limited duty shifts.

JANEWAY I learned
a lot about B'Elanna in the Collective. I can
well believe that she resisted the idea of exposing
her life to a counselor.

CHAKOTAY Tom
and I are both "encouraging" her to keep her
appointments.

JANEWAY (she
smiles knowingly) Yes,
I'll just bet you are. (beat) But then again, perhaps
this will be the incentive she needs to (beat)
tie up some loose ends in her life.

Janeway
sighs and closes her eyes. She is tired and wants to rest.

DOCTOR Commander,
perhaps you can finish your discussion
another time. It's important that the Captain
rest for now.

CHAKOTAY (to
Doctor) Of course... (looking
back at Janeway.) I'll
see you later, Captain. Try to get some rest.

Doctor
and Chakotay off. Camera pushes in on Janeway. Her eyes are
closed now, but her expression is troubled.